Since the inception of Student Awareness of Fire Education well over 20 years ago, students have been taught to recognize the dangers of fire and tobacco products through 23 key fire safety behaviors instructed to them in developmentally appropriate ways .
The Berkley SAFE team is comprised of men and women who are highly educated in their field, and who visit schools and participate in town events to teach fire safety. Since this program started, child fire deaths in Massachusetts have declined by over 70 percent .